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17569 results for: Keyword - Mr Vernon</i>-much Applause (<i>Hopkins Diary</i>). Benefit for Vernon. Paid $Mr Barthelemon
We found 15926 matches on Event Comments, 2665 matches on Performance Comments, 704 matches on Performance Title, 131 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

2751
02 May 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Sharp and Miss Wright. Paid Felsner, Button Maker, on Acct. #10 10s. Receipts: #235 5s. 6d. (42.15.0; 21.8.0; 0.10.6; tickets: 170.12.0) (charge: none listed)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rivals

Cast
Role: Mrs Malaprop Actor: Mrs Hopkins

Afterpiece Title: A Fete

Afterpiece Title: The Deserter

Cast
Role: Henry Actor: Vernon

Song: Between Acts 1st piece: a song-Miss Wright

2752
23 March 1782 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Paid Miss Harper in lieu of a Benefit #80. Receipts: #215 11s. (211/15; 3/16)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Which Is The Man

Afterpiece Title: The Positive Man

Dance: End of mainpiece, as17811219

2753
08 April 1782 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Paid Lee Lewes in lieu of a Benefit #70. Receipts: #191 8s. 6d. [1st account and after-money not itemized]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: Love a la Mode

Dance: End of Act III of mainpiece, as17811101; End of Act IV, as17810921

2754
01 June 1782 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Blower. The last time of the Company's performing this Season. Public Advertiser, 23 May: Tickets to be had of Miss Blower, No. 12, Bedford-street, Covent-garden. Account-Book, 14 June: Paid various renters #19 16s. apiece. Receipts: #118 9s. (60/17; 28/4; 0/10; tickets: 28/18) (charge: none listed)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Cast
Role: Fillagree Actor: Mrs Hopkins

Dance: End of Act I of mainpiece, as17820223; End of Act I of afterpiece The Irish Fair, as17820406

2755
21 April 1784 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Bulkley [who is named in the Account-Book, but not on the playbill]. Paid Richards, Laceman, #91 11s. 6d. Receipts: #97 19s. 6d. (54/3/0; 25/14/0; 0/1/6; tickets: 18/1/0) (charge: #105 15s. 8d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Chapter Of Accidents

Afterpiece Title: A Fete

Afterpiece Title: Too Civil by Half

Song: End of Act II of mainpiece A Soldier for Me, as17840412

2756
27 May 1784 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Wood, Percey, Cameron & J. Shade. The last Time of the Company's performing this Season. Account-Book, 1 July: Paid Renters #20 4s. apiece; received of Their Majesties #73. Receipts: #31 8s. (23/18/0; 6/11/6; 0/18/6; tickets: none listed) (charge:#105 6s.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Dance: End of Act I of afterpiece Hornpipe, as17840416

2757
09 November 1789 @ White Horse Inn, Parsons Green, Fulham

Event Comment: Benefit for Jones. Tickets to be had of Jones at the White Horse, Parson's Green; at the King's Arms, Fulham; Ship, Fulham; and the George, Walham Green. Afterpiece: It is hoped that the greatest Attention will be paid, as it is impossible for the Company to cogitate throughtout the Cogibundity of Cogitations, unless the most profound Profundity of Thought is observed. Pit 2s. Gallery 1s. Good Fires in the Pit

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Inkle And Yarico

Performance Comment: Inkle-Blandford; Sir Christopher Curry-Tunstall; Medium-Jones; Campley-Frimbley; Mate-Banks; Planters-Randall, Harris; Trudge-Brooke; Wowski-Miss Brooke; Narcissa-Mrs Banks; Patty-Mrs Taylor; Yarico-Mrs Tunstall.
Cast
Role: Inkle Actor: Blandford

Afterpiece Title: Chrononhotonthologos

Performance Comment: Chrononhotonthologos-Tunstall; Bombardinian-Blandford; Aldiborontiphoscophornio-Jones; Rigdumfunnidos-Frimbley; Captain of the Guards-Randall; Cupid-Brooke; Herald-Banks; Cook-Harris; Doctor-Hatton; King of the Antipodes-Wilson; Amoamassedicianstotowramulantic, King of the Fidlers-George; Fadladinida, Queen of Queerumania-Mrs Tunstall; Lady-Mrs Banks; Venus-Mrs Taylor; Tatlanthe-Miss Brooke.
Cast
Role: Bombardinian Actor: Blandford

Entertainment: Monologue. End: the tale of Edwin and Emma-Jones

2758
16 April 1790 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Kelly. Afterpiece [1st time, MF 2, by Prince Hoare]: The Music chiefly composed by Storace; the Rest selected from Pleyel, Harington, Giordani, Gluck, &c. [text adds Gretry]. Account-Book, 16 Dec. 1790: Paid P. Hoare for the Copyright of No Song No Supper #63. Gazetteer, 2 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Kelly, No. 27, James-street, Covent-garden. Receipts: #273 5s. (125.19; 38.18, 2.2; tickets: 106.6) (charge: #109 19s. 4d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Cast
Role: Mrs Peachum Actor: Mrs Hopkins

Afterpiece Title: No Song No Supper

Dance: III: Hornpipe-Bourk

2759
05 June 1790 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Carleton, Wilson, J. Shade & Gibson. Tickets delivered for Tit for Tat will be admitted. Account-Book, July [et seq.]: Paid 209 Renters #20 6s. apiece. The Last Time of the Company's Performing this Season. Receipts: #253 2s. (20.1.0; 6.10.6; 0.14.6; tickets: 225.16.0) (charge: #106 0s. 4d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Belles Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Dance: End I afterpiece: The Irish Bird Catchers, as17900123

2760
30 December 1790 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Paid Kemble in lieu of Two Benefits last Season #364 Receipts: #192 14s. 6d. (154.17.0; 36.4.0; 1.13.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Scandal

Afterpiece Title: The Fairy Favour

2761
31 May 1791 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Hull. Paid Macleish for Printing [playbills] to 28th Inst. #92 2s. 6d. Oracle, 14 May: Tickets to be had of Hull, No. 31, Bow-street, Covent-Garden. Receipts: #186 2s. 6d. (89.3.6; 4.10.0; tickets: 92.9.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Midnight Hour

Afterpiece Title: The Comedy of Errors

Dance: As17910507

Song: End: Black Eyed Susan-Incledon

Monologue: After Dancing: a Selection of Poetry and Music descriptive of a day. Part I: Morning. Tantivy the welkin resounds (composed by Hook)-Mrs Martyr; PART II: Noon. Thou soft flowing Avon (from Garrick's Ode to Shakespeare)-Incledon; PART III: Evening. Pastoral Duet-Williamson, Mrs Mountain; PART IV: Night. The Soldier's Festival, as 16 May How sleep the brave (composed by Dr Cooke)-Incledon, Williamson, Davies, a Young Gentleman; introductory Chorus-Hull; How stands the Glass around-Incledon; How merrily we live that Soldiers be-Bannister, Incledon, Johnstone; To arms! Britons strike home-Bannister, Incledon, Follett, Blurton, Lee, Letteney, Reeve, Rees

2762
07 May 1792 @ Drury Lane at King's Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for the Author [of mainpiece, who is named in Kemble Mem., but not on the playbill]. Paid Wrighten, prompter, from beginning of season to 29th April #43 16s. 2d. Receipts: #350 8s. (308.19; 39.9; 2.0; tickets: none listed) (charge: #168 10s. 6d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fugitive

Cast
Role: Lord Dartford Actor: Dodd
Role: Mr Welford Actor: Barrymore
Role: Mrs Manly Actor: Mrs Hopkins

Afterpiece Title: The Humourist

Cast
Role: Mrs Matadore Actor: Mrs Hopkins

2763
11 March 1793 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Sga Storace. Afterpiece [1st time; MF 2, by Prince Hoare]: The Musick by Storace. Morning Herald, 27 Feb.: Tickets to be had of Sga Storace, No. 36, Howland-street, Rathbone-place. Account-Book, 4 July: Paid Hoare for Prize #210. ["Sga Storace's person (is) clumsy; her face coarse and ordinary; and yet there is so much enchanting vivacity...that she always delights whenever she appears" (Candid Strictures, 41).] Receipts: #388 12s. 6d. (196.11.6; 38.5.0; 3.10.0; tickets: 150.6.0) (charge: #157 1s. 3d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: At Kings The Pirates

Afterpiece Title: The Prize or 2

2764
26 February 1794 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for the Author [of mainpiece, who is named in the Account Book, but not on the playbill.] Paid King's Taxes for the theatre, &c., 1/2 year, #187 12s. 9d. Receipts: #328 0s. 6d. (324/9/6; 3/11/0; tickets and charge: neither listed)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Travellers In Switzerland

Cast
Role: Shepherdess Actor: Miss Hopkins

Afterpiece Title: CATHERINE AND PETRUCHIO

Dance: As17940225

2765
16 March 1795 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Pope. Mainpiece: Not acted these 4 years. [2nd piece 1st acted at cg, 3 May 1793, as To Arms; or, The British Recruit.] Morning Chronicle, 26 Feb.: Tickets to be had of Mrs Pope at her house, Half-moon-street, Piccadilly. Account-Book, 21 Apr.: Paid Mrs Pope for Dresses as per Bill #32 19s. 6d. Receipts: #293 18s. (138.5; 9.7; tickets: 146.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Count Of Narbonne

Afterpiece Title: The British Recruit or Whos Afraid

Afterpiece Title: Catharine and Petruchio

Performance Comment: Petruchio-Lewis; Baptista-Thompson; Hortensio-Claremont; Taylor-Bernard; Biondello-Rock; Pedro-Farley; Grumio-Quick; Bianca-Miss Leserve; Curtis-Mrs Platt; Catharine (for that night only)-Mrs Pope.

Song: In course 2nd piece: The Mid Watch-Incledon; 2nd piece to conclude: with a new Loyal Duet (composed by Shield) Tho' Hurricanes rattle tho' Tempest appear-Incledon, Bowden

2766
12 June 1795 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Powel, Rock, Sloper & Farley. Account-Book: Paid Huggins for artificial flowers #106 8s. 6d. Morning Chronicle, 9 June: Tickets to be had of Rock, No. 13, Martlett-court, Bow-street, Covent-garden [others not listed]. Receipts: #354 5s. 6d. (75.19.0; 8.13.0; tickets: 269.13.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Arrogance

Cast
Role: Chorus of Soldiers and Sailors Actor: Linton, Street, Gray, Williamson, Abbot, Rock, Blurton, Speechly, Spofforth, Little

Afterpiece Title: Catharine and Petruchio

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin and Faustus

Cast
Role: Philidel Actor: Miss Hopkins
Role: Playhouse Glee Actor: Bernard, Davies, Linton, Street, Spofforth

Song: End I: The Mid Watch-Incledon; End II: Sally in our Alley-Incledon

2767
23 May 1796 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Kemble, being the last Time of her Appearing on the Stage. 1st piece [1st time; T 2, by John Philip Kemble, altered from the same by Philip Massinger. Larpent MS 1040: not published]: In Act I the Triumphal Entry of Domitian into the Capitolv. 2nd piece [1st time; C 3, by John Philip Kemble, altered from The Comical Lovers, by John Dryden and Colley Cibber. Larpent MS 1133: not published. Genest, VII, 243: C. Kemble on being asked, in 1821, if the above cast was right, said that he believed it was, but that he was ill and did not act]. [Address by Bertie Greatheed (European Magazine, June 1796, p. 397).] Morning Herald, 10 May: Tickets to be had of Mrs Kemble, No. 13, Caroline-street, Bedford-square. Account-Book: Paid H. S. Hargraves, Box No. 95, his Servant being turn'd out by Force, #1 4s. Receipts: #190 9s. 6d. (130.9.0; 59.10.0; 0.10.0; tickets: none listed; odd money: 0.0.6) (charge: #216 17s.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Roman Actor

Afterpiece Title: Celadon and Florimel or The Happy Counterplot

Afterpiece Title: No Song No Supper

Entertainment: Monologue.End 2nd piece: an Address-Mrs Kemble on the Occasion of her Retiring from the Stage

2768
02 June 1796 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mme Rose. The Opera [will be performed] instead of Antigona, already announced in the papers of yesterday, it having been found impossible to get ready the machinery of the new Ballet after the performance of the Serious Opera. Mme Rose having been presented with an Engraving Ticket for her night, she proposes to give one with each Ticket, separately from the Ticket which will be admitted at the door. The Nobility and Gentry are respectfully entreated not be on that part of the stage where the mountain stands, as the machinery of the Ballet will be attended with danger. Tickets to be had of Mme Rose, No. 9, Hay-market. "The most bewitching dance we ever witnessed, for novelty of idea, charm of fancy, and delicacy of passion was performed last night. Not content with the common praise, the audience called forward the author, Didelot, and paid to him the tribute due to original and inventive talents. The ballet was entitled L'Amour Vange. The invention, which was perfectly new, was that of bands of Cupidsv floating in air-suspended seemingly on their own wings, without the intervention of any grosser medium" (Morning Chronicle, 3 June)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: La Modista Raggiratrice

Dance: End II: [a new Ballet Episodique (in the style Anacreontique), in 2 acts, composed by Didelot with music by Bossi] L'Amour Vange- [;ou, La MetamorphoseMme Rose, Mme Hilligsberg, Mlle Parisot, Mme Bossi, Didelot, Gentili

Ballet: End I: a new Indian Divertisement by Didelot, The Caravan at Rest. Cast from Morning Herald, 27 May: Nair (Malabar Officer)-Didelot; Moor-Gentili; Arab (Chief of the Caravan)-Fialon; Malabar Woman-Mme Rose; Negro Caffre (of the natural country)-Mme Hilligsberg; Arab Woman-Mlle Parisot; Young Woman, Wotyake-Mme Bossi; Two Audalisques-Mlles Cabanel

2769
13 June 1797 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Haymes. The Last Night of the Company's performing this Season. Account-Book, 28 June: Received for his Majesty's Box 13 nights #130; for the Princess's Box #65; 1 Aug.: Paid half a year's Land, Commutations, Window & House Taxes #193 19s. True Briton 1 June: Tickets to be had of Haymes, No. 8, Duke-street, St. James's. Receipts: #228 18s. 6d. (109.19.0; after-money not listed; tickets: 118.19.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Performance Comment: Valentine-Holman; Tattle-Macready; Scandal-Murray; Sir Sampson Legend-Davenport; Ben-Haymes; Jeremy-Farley; Trapland-Powel; Snap-Thompson; Buckram-Simmons; Foresight-Quick; Miss Prue-Mrs Jordan (of dl); Angelica-Miss Chapman; Mrs Foresight-Mrs Gilbert; Mrs Frail-Mrs Mattocks.
Cast
Role: Foresight Actor: Quick
Role: Mrs Foresight Actor: Mrs Gilbert

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Song: End II piece: The Storm-Incledon; End: The Beggar-Townsend

2770
09 February 1798 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for the Voluntary Contribution now open at the Bank, for the Defence of our Country. Boxes 10s. 6d. Pit 5s. Gallery 2s. Upper Gallery 1s. Tickets to be had and Places to be taken of Brandon, at the Stage-Door in Hart-street. Tickets also to be had at the Bar of Lloyd's Coffee-House. [Prologue by William Boscawen (Monthly Mirror, Mar. 1798, p. 178. Author of Address unknown.] "A subscription was set on foot behind the scenes," to which most of the performers contributed #10 apiece (Monthly Mirror, ibid). Account-Book, 12 May: Paid into the Bank of England in aid of the Voluntary Contribution #394 15s. Receipts: #518 8s. (280.9; 12.2; tickets: 225.17) [the difference of #123 13s. appears to have been the house charge]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: England Preservd

Afterpiece Title: The Poor Sailor or Little Bob and Little Ben

Dance: In afterpiece: Triple Hornpipe-Blurton, Mrs Watts, Mlle St.Amand

Song: End: Interlude of Songs, Glees, and Chorusses: With a jolly full Bottle, Great Britain still her Charter boasts, The Wooden Walls, Queen Betty was a famous Queen, To arms to arms-Incledon, Johnstone, Townsend, Linton, Gray, Street, Lee, Curties, Blurton, Wilde

Entertainment: Monologues. Preceding: An Occasional Prologue-Holman; Preceding singing: An Address to the Audience (instead of Epilogue)-Pope

2771
09 April 1799 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Holman. Mainpiece: Acted but once [28 Mar. 1795] these 5 years. In IV a Grand Banquet. Morning Chronicle, 1 Apr.: Tickets to he had of Holman, No. 73, New-street, Hanover-square. Account-Book: Paid George? Papendick for [unspecified] Manuscript Plays of Kotzebue #200. Receipts: #350 2s. (257.6; 6.1; tickets: 86.15)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alexander The Great

Afterpiece Title: Lock and Key

Song: II: the Grand Truimphal Entry of Alexander into Babylon. Vocal Parts-Johnstone, Incledon, Townsend, Hill, Linton, Street, Lee, Little, Sawyer, Tett, Miss Waters, Mrs Atkins, Mrs Chapman, Miss Mitchell, Miss Wheatley, Mrs Iliff, Miss Sims, Mrs Whitmore, Mrs Watts, Mrs Follet, Miss Leserve, Mrs Castelle, Mrs Martyr; End: Black Ey'd Susan-Incledon; End I afterpiece: The Death of Admiral Benbow-Incledon

2772
23 November 1749 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Paid 1!2 year's water rent due Misdummer #1; Paid Read (Turner) for 5 wheels 5s.; Paid Mrs Rogers for wax, &c. 4s. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #60 (Cross); #63 2s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Cast
Role: Sir George Airy Actor: Palmer for the first time

Song: Master Mattocks

Ballet: TThe Savoyard Travellers. As17491110

Cast
Role: Principal Savoyards Actor: Grandchamps, Mad Auretti, Matthews, Mrs Addison, Pelling, Shawford, Harrison, Master Shawford, Mad Mariet, Mrs Baker, Mrs Memi, Miss Cole
Role: Peasants Actor: Macneale, Mad DeLaContri, Master Simons, Master G. Yates, Vaughan, Mrs Shawford, Mrs L'Font, Miss Shawford.

Dance: End II: by desire a Hornpipe-Matthews

2773
17 October 1766 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Paid Jeremiah Percy for a piece of ground #42; Paid Blandford (tallow chandler's) first bill #37 5s. 10d.; Paid one year's Poor's rate to Covent Garden #2 10s. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #154 2s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Clandestine Marriage

Afterpiece Title: Daphne and Amintor

Cast
Role: Amintor Actor: Vernon

Dance: I: The Vintage, as17661011

2774
02 February 1767 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Paid Francis Currey as per bill for feathers 16s. 3d.; Paid Wm Scott for the use of nine Ostrich feathers for 2 seasons 18s. (Account Book). Receipts: #202 10s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Perplexities

Cast
Role: Felicia Actor: Miss Wilford

Afterpiece Title: The Fairy Favour

Cast
Role: Milkah Actor: . The following 11 young persons were paid for performing 8 nights in it on 10 March 1767: Miss Potts, #4 4s.

Dance: End: The Gallant Peasants, as17670113

2775
17 February 1767 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Paid Binger (peruke maker) as per bill #1 5s.; Paid Wm Francis for writing parts #5 3d. Paid Farrinton & Scarr for ribbons in They Fairy Favour 11s. 6d. (Account Book). Receipts: #234 14s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Mill

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Dance: II: The Female Archer, as17661215